...attention play a part in acquisitions by the law of association ? 8. Criticise the following statement: "Our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised." 9. The probable physical parallel in the nervous system for the law of association is the law of the...

...handicapped in this way, inasmuch as his standards are more formed in one direction: as Dr. Carpenter says "our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised,' ' and the same is true of our mental life. This kind of prejudice is due to Habit, which will be discussed...

...pervious pathways in the nervous system of the motor discharges. As Dr. Carpenter has expressed it, "Our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised ; " or, in the language of Professor James, "An acquired habit from the physiological point of view...

...beings are due to the plasticity of the organic materials of which their bodies are composed . . . our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised.' 1 This truth has been expressed in other words by saying that habit is the imitation of ourselves....

...mental experiences occurring together tend afterward to suggest each other." To quote Dr. Carpenter: "Our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised." One of the most important functions of the school is to train pupils in the formation of right habits...

...salvation or damnation. Repetition of processes forms a habit. Psychologists have demonstrated that the nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised. The habits we form in our youth become the very laws of our being, and for good or ill keep us going...

...as explained later, under the chapter upon "Nerve Impulse," is not known. Dr. Carpenter's statement that "our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised," — just as a muscle changes its shape by exercise — expresses the formation of habit concisely....

...habit, but the fixing of the habit goes on to some extent between repetitions. It has been said that the nervous system "grows to the modes in which it has been exercised," that we "learn to swim in winter and to skate in summer. ' ' This means that our habits are being formed...

...this way that what is early 'learned by heart' becomes branded in (as it were) upon the cerebrum ; so that its ' traces ' are never lost, even though the...modes in which it has been exercised expresses the philosx_ ophy of habit in a nutshell. We may now trace some of the practical applications of the principle...

...inhibition, for "any fatigue sensation works as a stimulus for the opposite reaction." l Owing to the fact that " our nervous system grows to the modes in which it has been exercised," 2 the successful reaction following a conflict of responses opens a single way for later nervous discharges...